Gloria Hooper prize money
Gloria Hooper has been paid $750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1966th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 200 m, and it was 7th.
The Diamond League pays by finishing place and nothing else. A published card sets what first through eighth is worth, the same figure in every discipline at that meeting, and ninth pays nothing.
The payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 | 200 m | 7th | $750 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $750 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Athletics Relays
What Gloria Hooper ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay | 4th | 42.61 | $8,000 |
The World Relays have paid $8,000 for the one team Gloria Hooper ran on in Gaborone 2026, and all of it went to Italy rather than to the four who ran. The $750 at the top of this page is what the Diamond League paid her. This is what World Athletics paid a country, and the two are not added together anywhere on the site. No team she ran on won its final, and the ladder paid the teams anyway: it reaches all eight teams in a final, $40,000 for a title down to $2,000 for 8th, so reaching one is the run that pays. She ran alongside Dalia Kaddari, and the Diamond League has paid them too. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
Around Gloria Hooper on the money list
Ranks 1946 to 1986
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Adam Fogg | Men's mile | — | $750 |
| 1947 | Adrianna Topolnicka | Women's 800 m | — | $750 |
| 1948 | Agate Caune | Women's 3000 m | — | $750 |
| 1949 | Alina Rotaru-Kottmann | Women's long jump | — | $750 |
| 1950 | Amelia Strickler | Women's shot put | — | $750 |
| 1951 | Anasztázia Nguyen | Women's long jump | — | $750 |
| 1952 | Andreas Haara Bakketun | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $750 |
| 1953 | Auriana Lazraq-Khlass | two disciplines | — | $750 |
| 1954 | Brett Robinson | Men's 5000 m | — | $750 |
| 1955 | Brooke Feldmeier | Women's 800 m | — | $750 |
| 1956 | Caroline Bonde Holm | Women's pole vault | — | $750 |
| 1957 | Cheswill Johnson | Men's long jump | — | $750 |
| 1958 | Chioma Onyekwere | Women's discus throw | — | $750 |
| 1959 | Chris Mitrevski | Men's long jump | — | $750 |
| 1960 | Corinna Schwab | Women's 400 m | — | $750 |
| 1961 | Daniela Stanciu | Women's high jump | — | $750 |
| 1962 | David King | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $750 |
| 1963 | Elise Vanderelst | three disciplines | — | $750 |
| 1964 | Ella Junnila | Women's high jump | — | $750 |
| 1965 | Emma Ljungberg | Women's discus throw | — | $750 |
| 1966 | Gloria Hooper | Women's 200 m | — | $750 |
| 1967 | Hannah Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $750 |
| 1968 | Hanne Claes | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $750 |
| 1969 | Harry Hughes | Men's javelin throw | — | $750 |
| 1970 | Heta Tuuri | Women's high jump | — | $750 |
| 1971 | Hicham Akankam | Men's 1500 m | — | $750 |
| 1972 | Jeremiah Curry | Men's 200 m | — | $750 |
| 1973 | Jesper Hellström | Men's triple jump | — | $750 |
| 1974 | Joe Ferguson | Men's 200 m | — | $750 |
| 1975 | Joseph Deng | Men's 800 m | — | $750 |
| 1976 | Julian Forte | Men's 200 m | — | $750 |
| 1977 | Laura Strati | Women's long jump | — | $750 |
| 1978 | Lilly Kaden | Women's 200 m | — | $750 |
| 1979 | Lionel Spitz | Men's 400 m | — | $750 |
| 1980 | Luca Sito | Men's 400 m | — | $750 |
| 1981 | Luke McCann | Men's 1000 m | — | $750 |
| 1982 | M. P. Jabir | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $750 |
| 1983 | Mariano García | Men's 800 m | — | $750 |
| 1984 | Melwin Lycke Holm | Men's high jump | — | $750 |
| 1985 | N'Ketia Seedo | Women's 100 m | — | $750 |
| 1986 | Naomi Metzger | Women's triple jump | — | $750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Gloria Hooper is 1966th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Gloria Hooper most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 paid $750 for 7th in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sarah Atcho, Dina Asher-Smith, Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Mujinga Kambundji, Dalia Kaddari and Beth Dobbin.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Gloria Hooper won?
$750, which ranks 1966th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2021.
What is Gloria Hooper's biggest Diamond League payday?
$750, for finishing 7th in the 200 m at the 2021 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 7th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Gloria Hooper gets paid?
Entirely by where she finishes. The series publishes one rate card a season and applies it to every discipline at every meeting, so a place is worth the same in the women's 200 m as it is in the shot put on the same afternoon. Eight places are paid and ninth pays nothing. There is no bonus for a record and no share of a gate.
What did Gloria Hooper's World Relays teams win?
$8,000, across one paid final in Gaborone 2026. The relays pay a team rather than a runner, so the cheque goes to the federation and not to Gloria Hooper or to any one of the four. A title pays $40,000 and the ladder reaches all eight teams in a final, down to $2,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Gloria Hooper earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Relays money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid her, priced off the card it published.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money ranks all 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Gloria Hooper is Emma Ljungberg on $750, and one below Hannah Jones on $750. Gloria Hooper is one of 69 Italy athletes athletics has paid, and Italy athletics prize money adds them up to $2,130,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Gloria Hooper has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it. World Relays prize money is the Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026 championships, $1,087,000 put up across 12 finals that pay a team and never a runner, and the relay is on the women's 4 × 100 metres relay page.